Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-16

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fsr - s1az sn1inR Juna - iss7. 3 e
hsn1. e euutztns sons seEg salasbls
lnfosEzasion wsih reessd 10 WaaAinRsan
TsEFisaFy e. yell e. other ssaai0na e
The c0nntxy. AmonR 0lhnF intessEGing
nalteE q ne tabular statement oe Ne
Egsas seesn4 end thitd CLAN psst ofi1sa.
HISS ara graded aeeoraing - ~
ameuE1 ef basiness done. ~ e4eea
whszs he salaries q TIE pess masters
are TIE sane bsinz grn1ped toRs1hsF for
tz1a pnspoae. IheEc ere fear geoo1d
u, 1e1ffIe. Inonmn. WnIiA Walla and
9pskane KaIlnL Ths slIary q
zMR Rcgxxksxm n mATuz
II $500 and the ofics ranks seventh in
llsf Of s. where the GALAXY d tie sane.
1ho ko1al amomna allowed 9ox eaeek
hire ID $500 92Iuo o. Walsh d allowed
On poE4ai aoconnt ana 500 % mouey
order eco0un1. 1he araas Eeosipls Of
Zee of3os during the year we're 81, ~.
This d elioe higher than tie AVERAGE
Eoeeipss q ofieeg 81 her elaas and within
f5o2 az the hiRhanf. Tts tosal fees fcr
money ozdsFs e ne 6sat1is ofios uas
el0l1. o. go more than he average
and $50 more tha1 The nsxt highest
once sf her eiass, she loadinq al ofhers
BY that fmoant. Thess fees ara SIS
higher shnn the average OF the $500
post ofnees.
TIE TACOMA OHHruR.
TIE salary Of the Tacsma oahee d
800 and he ofieo Il NE thiKty-siRhfh
IN class Of fsEky-eiRhk The total
amount allowed her for clark hire Il
e1224. Of which &999 10 on postal and
rs on money order noooank. 1he
gross receipts foE The year we're SO, -,
or &2I5 below the average Of her class
and within &104 Of being the lowest. |
TIE total fees from the m0ney order
husineas vas eBA4, or @183 more than
the average Of her GLASS and within
elD 81 bsing the highest.
xzm wArxA wArxA oEvzun.
The third once il The territory d |
Walls Walla, and she bids fsir soon 10 |
Be the second one. The salary Of the /
postmaster b ezl0O. and TIE c9les ranks
16th IN her class Of -. The total /
amount paid Ct this Office for clerk hire /
ID $500, Of which e12So Il debifed 20 /
~ W1GAM4 8AA4 wi ~ us AkA8A40y 0AtAE3 II
account. TIE gross receipts Of the Of
doe during ghe year were ts,s06. or casa /
more than the average Of her class and /
within 8501 Of being AZ high - Tacoma.
The fees fEom money orders amounted |
10 elS1, or SIS more than che avsEaee
Of her class. Only one Ofiiee IN the /
same class. Orlando, Fla, does larger
money order business.
THE SPOKANE RAExs oEEIOz.
The fourth once d Spokane Falls,
where the salary is 5000. This Office
ranks $50 In total Of "a Of her class.
The offiee 10 allowed 500 for clerk hire,
all Of which is debited 10 the postal 60
count. The gross receipts Of the Office
during the year were Sass, or 90 more
than the average Of her GLASS. The re-
ceipts from money order fees were 9b79,
or &86 mora than Tacoma, e9e more
than Walla WaIla and e26a more than
the average Of her elias, which By The
way averages el7 more than the next
class higher.
The next foaF posioficea in tbs terri
tory are 0olfsx. With gross receipts
amounting 20 &4l19. EllensburR, gross
receipts S35Sl. Dayton esS67, Port
Townsend &SSi6.
THE MoHEx ORDER BUsmKss.
It Il worthy OF note that although
there are 2S7 pestofkices whose gross re-
ceipls are greater than thoee OF Seattle,
there are only 66 whose receipts from
money order business exceed those OF
Seattle. More money esdefs we're issued
In Seattle than In Harrisburg, Pa; Aa-
gusts, Ne; Allegheny, Pa; Whining.
ton. DEL: Binghamt0n, n. T.; ElmiFa,
N. T.; Reading. Pa; Dubuque, Iowa
BanRor. Ne; hsC Bedford, M s
Erie, Pa; Burlington. Iowa; Rockford.
ILL.,, or DavenpeFt. Iowa, all arst class
Offices, whose gross receipts were each
over $4,000. and ranged from that TO
over $1,000. Portland, Oregon, shows
gross receipts amounting 10 81, l42, or
nearly i've times a. much as Seattle,
yet her money order receipts only foot
ed ei956, or considerably less than
double those Of Seattle.